Admittedly, I've been to very few QMJHL games over the past few years (sorry folks, totally not living up to my name).
Alas the money for season's tickets are going to diapers. Funny now that works.
Last night I had a family thing and didn't get to see draft, by the time we got home the little one went straight to the crib and I went straight to bed (I'm getting old, I know).
Woke up, and the first thing on my phone is a Facebook message from a good friend of mine who is heavily involved the Q:
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F***ing love Pelletier!!!
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I'm following up with him, two others that are heavily involved on the media side of things to get more info. All three opinions I trust heavily, at this point in their careers and given how well I know them and their track record on analysis, I trust them over the scouts (they would tell me I'm crazy for saying that, which just goes to their self-awareness).
That said here's a video on Pelletier from the QMJHL Facebook page (it's not on their YouTube for some odd reason)
https://www.facebook.com/qmjhl/videos/479121052875780/
Is there a way to embed videos from Facebook?
I'll post more info from the insiders when possible, and try and make the games when Moncton is in town.
Until then, here's a fantastic article out of Moncton on Pelletier:
In the Spotlight - Jakob Pelletier
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Moments after being selected third overall by the rebuilding Moncton Wildcats in the 2017 Quebec Major Junior Hockey League Entry Draft, Jakob Pelletier looked straight into the Rogers TV cameras and said.
“I’m a winner, and that’s what I’m going to bring to Moncton and we are going to win!”
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All the critics were slugging away. ‘He’s too small.’ ‘He’s not fast enough.’ ‘He can’t handle the physicality at the next level.’
The highest drafted player chosen by the Wildcats in almost a decade, proved all the critics wrong.
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There are so many great quotes in the article I can't possibly put them all in this post.